756 Baseball Quotes for You to Enjoy

A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball. Ernie Harwell

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Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes almost even a religion. Ernie Harwell

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It isn't me that people love. It's baseball. Ernie Harwell

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Baseball is a tongue-tied kid from Georgia growing up to be an announcer and praising the Lord for showing him the way to Cooperstown. This is a game for America. Still a game for America, this baseball! Ernie Harwell

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Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with even deeper historical roots in the American experience. Since the founding of our country, citizens from Ben Franklin to David Letterman have made fun of their elected officials. Evan Bayh

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When you're mad at someone, it's probably best not to break his arm with a baseball bat. Evel Knievel

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The economics of baseball are the big problem. The big clubs make a lot of money and the little clubs don't. Fay Vincent

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It's not in baseball's interest or the players' interest to be taking this stance. It's the people's game. Fay Vincent

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I would love to see as many of the black players as possible in today's Major League Baseball make every effort to go to the Negro Leagues Museum and get a first-hand view of how it all started. Ferguson Jenkins

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In baseball, you can't tell the players without a scorecard, but in political commentary, you need a metaphor. Florence King

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Remember when John Roberts was seeking confirmation of the Supreme Court, and he said judges should be just like umpires, just calling balls and strikes? Well, turnabout is fair play. What baseball needs behind the plate are umpires like those judges who are called strict constructionists, which means you follow subtle law to the letter. Frank Deford

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There were a lot of places, including Los Angeles, that didn't have major league baseball. There were other really large cities that had no major league teams, but at least they had college football. Frank Deford

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